Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

HARVEST CAPITAL CREDIT CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

1.1. The name of the Corporation is Harvest Capital Credit Corporation (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

2.1. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801; and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

3.1. The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “Delaware General Corporation Law”), and to possess and exercise all of the powers and privileges granted by such law and any other law of Delaware.

ARTICLE IV

4.1. Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 101,000,000 of which (i) 100,000,000 shares shall be common stock having a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) 1,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock having a par value of $0.001 per share.

4.2. Common Stock. The holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power, and each share of Common Stock shall have one vote.

ARTICLE V

5.1. Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. The number of directors shall be one, which number may be increased or decreased only by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation. The name of the director who shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified is: Edward Goldthorpe.

The Board of Directors shall have the power, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) as provided in the Bylaws, subject to the power of the stockholders to alter or repeal any Bylaw whether adopted by them or otherwise.

Exhibit A-2

In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the statutes of Delaware, of this Certificate of Incorporation, and to the Bylaws; provided, however, that no Bylaw so made shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such Bylaw had not been made.

ARTICLE VI

6.1. Limitation on Liability. The directors of the Corporation shall be entitled to the benefits of all limitations on the liability of directors generally that are now or hereafter become available under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Section 7 shall be prospective only, and shall not affect, to the detriment of any director, any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

6.2. Indemnification. The Corporation, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, shall indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to indemnification hereunder shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized hereby.

ARTICLE VII

7.1. Powers of Stockholders to Act by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent which sets forth the action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and is filed with the records of the meetings of the stockholders.

7.2. Special Meetings of Stockholders. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors.

Exhibit A-3

ARTICLE VIII

8.1. Amendment. The Corporation reserves the right to amend any provision contained in this Certificate as the same may from time to time be in effect in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights conferred on stockholders or others hereunder are subject to such reservation.

Exhibit A-4